Christine Guidry Law Garners National Teaching Honor

Christine Guidry Law has been selected as the 2022 National Virtual Teacher of the Year. The award selects the best virtual teacher nationally that demonstrates “Tech Excellence” by seamlessly integrating digital resources and using technology as a platform to develop engaging and meaningful lessons. In addition, the teacher must demonstrate “Visionary Leadership” by creating innovative and effective ways to reach students and help them build a brighter future. Finally, the virtual teacher must demonstrate “Outstanding Student Achievement” by supporting the well -rounded development of the students through academic performance, community involvement and extra-curricular engagement.

Although from Zachary, Louisiana, Christine currently lives in Pennsylvania where she won the 2022 National Virtual Teacher of the Year honor. This is a prestigious honor for an outstanding teacher dedicated to educating her students and improving their lives. Congratulations to Christine on an exceptional honor recognizing her outstanding talents.

An educator for 30 years, Christine has twice received the Louisiana History Teacher of the Year including in 2020 in Louisiana. She has sat on the State of Louisiana Board to rewrite Social Studies and History Standards.

On 27 July 2020 the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History selected Christine Guidry Law of Zachary, Louisiana as the Louisiana History Teacher of the Year. Christine is truly dedicated to her students and to ensuring that each receives both a quality and an interesting educational experience. This is a well-deserved and an earned honor for Christine.

Many of you may remember Christine. In October 2015 Christine and her family entertained us at our Guédry & Petitpas Reunion in Henderson, Louisiana with wonderful Cajun music. Christine's Cajun band - Chére Mom Family Cajun Band - includes Christine on diatonic accordion and voice, her daughter LeeAnn Law Guidry on fiddle, other instruments and voice, her son Taylor Law on bass guitar and her husband Wallace Law on rhythm guitar. And then at our August 2019 Guédry & Petitpas Reunion on Prince Edward Island, Canada, we heard Chére Mom with Christine and her family and including Emily Simon (percussion) provide great Cajun music and old-time stories of growing up with Cajun music at home. Some of you may have even heard Chére Mom on the Louisiana Stage in Moncton, New Brunswick during the Congrès Mondial Acadien in August 2019. The CMA invited them to play for the entire CMA audience.

During our 2019 Reunion the Board of Directors of Les Guédry et Petitpas d'Asteur installed Christine into the Les Guédry et Petitpas d'Asteur Circle of Distinction for her many accomplishments promoting her Acadian and Mi'kmaq heritage and our family.